County Championship 2017 Schedule, Fixtures & Teams

The 2017 County Championship or 2017 Specsavers County Championship is the England’s annual domestic first-class cricket tournament run by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The competition features total eighteen teams, eight teams in Division One and ten teams in Division Two. Ahead of the competition, let’s see the complete County Championship 2017 schedule, match fixtures and teams.

The 118th cricket County Championship season will include a full round of day-night matches for the first time. A total of nine matches will be played at night using pink balls which will start from June 26 to 29. The decision was taken to attract more viewers towards the stadium and also it will help players to prepare for day and night test.

ECB has made many changes to the 2017 County Championship schedule. They reduced programme of four-day matches and this season each team will play 14 matches. All the eighteen teams have been divided into two divisions – Eight teams in division one and ten teams in division two. Let’s see the County Championship 2017 schedule and teams.